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Coinbase Reveals its 2x Fork Plans
News Another large bitcoin exchange in the industry, Coinbase, has announced an update concerning the upcoming Segwit2x hard fork. The San...
The Satoshi Revolution – How and Why Government Outlawed Private Money
Featured The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations.Chapter 1: Listening to the Past (part 2).by Wendy McElroy How did...
Singapore Announces Second Stage of Bank-Supported DLT Venture
Blockchain technology has always been thought to be capable of making a big impact in the financial sector. There’s still a lot of...
Google’s Pixel 2 Lacks a Headphone Jack
Google’s recently-announced Pixel 2 smartphone boasts many impressive features. However, the company has chosen to do something that...
Chief Indian Economist: Bitcoin Won’t become a ‘Legal Currency’ in India without Regulation
A prominent Indian economist believes that bitcoin needs to be regulated in India before it will become a legal currency.In a Q&A...
England Can Now Use Left-Over Pence to Automatically Buy Bitcoin
Services England’s new application Dust links user bank accounts to exchanges, using leftover pence and pounds. Once the requisite amount...
Circle Unveils Open Source Blockchain Project For Digital Wallet Interoperability
Consumer finance startup Circle has unveiled Cent Routing Exchange (CENTRE), a new open source project that aims to use blockchain...
PR: Etherparty Beta Goes Live with Three Real World Use Cases
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Taiwan’s FSC Chairman Opposes Heavy-Handed Cryptocurrency Regulations
Regulation Wellington Koo, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) chairman, today expressed his desire for Taiwan to emulate Japan’s...
ETX Capital Deploys Bitcoin CFD Trading for Clients
Finance ETX Capital, A London-based FCA regulated brokerage, just embraced bitcoin. They now offer a full suite of bitcoin services and...
Bitcoin.org Operators Aim to ‘Denounce’ Segwit2x Participants
News On October 6, 2017, the web portal Bitcoin.org announced it was “denouncing” the Segwit2x hard fork and companies involved with the...
Australian Government Faces Scrutiny Over New Facial Recognition Measures
Any new proposal signed by politicians related to facial recognition technology will be met with a lot of scrutiny. Consumers are slowly...
ICO Central: Why Switzerland Will Remain Crypto Valley
by Ian Simpson Ian Simpson is head of marketing and communications at Lakeside Partners, an early-stage investment firm in Zug,...
PR: Tothemoon Project: the Merits of Cryptocurrency Mining on the Tothemoon Farm
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Finnish Law Enforcement Cracks Down on OneCoin Promoters
It is only a matter of time until all of OneCoin’s financial investigations catch up with it. Multiple countries are investigating...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Pops Higher But Meets Upper Resistance
Markets and Prices Bitcoin markets are kicking up a notch as the price tested the US$4,425 zone today, after spiking past the $4,300...
Swiss Vocational School Lucerne University Accepts Bitcoin for Tuition
News On October 3 the Swiss public vocational school, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, announced its now accepting bitcoin...
2x or NO2X: Why Some Want to Hard Fork Bitcoin in November – and Why Others Don’t
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DMarket Announces Second Phase of Token Sale
DMarket, the first global marketplace for trading in-game items, announced the dates of the company's main token sale. According to CEO...
Mexico Proposes Legislation to Tame Bitcoin
Regulation Mexican politicians join the growing club of government regulators wishing to get a handle on bitcoin and financial technology....
Welto Integrates with Coinbase so Users Can Pay Bills with Bitcoin
Services A new bitcoin and cryptocurrency application, Welto, just integrated Coinbase into their system. Welto now allows users to pay...
PR: Developers Announce Launch of Zumminer, Emphasizing Its Multi-Functionality and High-Level Wallet Security
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GameCredits Price Analysis – high probability of trend reversal
GameCredits (GAME) currently has a US$159 million market cap, and rose in value by a factor of 10x in 2017. However, the asset has lost...
Bitfinex Launches Segwit2x ‘Chain Split Tokens’
News On October 5, the popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex released its chain splitting terms and conditions concerning the upcoming...
Russia’s Central Bank Pushes for National Cryptocurrency
Regulation The Russian Central Bank is contemplating creating a national cryptocurrency, after seeing multiple benefits it could bring to...
Ethereum-Powered Construction Payroll Platform Etch Selects KPMG As an Adviser
Etch, a UK startup developing a blockchain-based payroll platform for the construction industry, has selected Big Four consulting firm...
ECB Considers “Legal Restraints” Against Bitcoin Says Council Member
Regulation This week the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member, Ewald Nowotny, stated in an interview that the ECB is...
Brazil’s Largest Brokerage Creates XP Bitcoin
Emerging Markets Brazil’s XP Investimentos signals its willingness to meet customer demand, filing patent on the brand XP Bitcoin. The...
Japan’s Finance Industry Embraces Bitcoin Mining
Mining Japan’s major players in the financial industry are eyeing bitcoin mining with a goal of generating new revenue. They also hope to...
PR: ICOWatchlist.com Introduces: A New Ico Market Statistics Tool
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Josh Garza Held Liable for $9 Million USD for Wire Fraud
News Homero Josh Garza has been held liable for $9,182,000 USD by a U.S. federal judge. Garza pleaded guilty to one charge of wire fraud...
Russia’s Central Bank Instructs Clearinghouse Not to Settle Cryptocurrency Contracts
Regulation The Central Bank of Russia has sent a letter to one of the country’s biggest clearinghouses, instructing them to refuse to...
London Firm Uses AI to Improve Premium Beer
With so many different types of beer in existence all over the world, it is definitely becoming much harder to provide something unique to...
Eidoo Introduces a Wallet for All Your Cryptocurrency Shopping Needs
Rising asset prices are always fodder for the media seeking stories on speculative excess. Cryptocurrencies, though, are no longer only...
Name Bazaar Is a P2P Marketplace for ENS Domain Names
Ever since District0x was announced, people have been eager to learn what the platform has in store for the future. One of the projects...
Chinese Media Calls for “Zero Tolerance” on Crimes Involving Cryptocurrencies
Regulation Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Ye has published an editorial piece calling for regulators to take a “zero tolerance” approach...
An In-Depth Interview With Electron Cash Developer Jonald Fyookball
Interview This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with Jonald Fyookball, the creator of the Bitcoin Cash (BCC) lite client, Electron Cash....
Dan Morehead: Bitcoin Likely to Become Expected Part of Portfolios
Dan Morehead, the founder of Pantera Capital and chairman at Bitstamp, a major cryptocurrency exchange that accounts for around 13 percent...
ToTheMoon Experiments With Optional In-Browser Monero Mining
The concept of mining Monero with one’s browser has received a very bad rap over the past few weeks. That isn’t a big...
Bitcoin Software Wars: Segwit2x Node Masking and Opt-in Replay Protection Merged
Technology This week, the Segwit2x development team merged a controversial implementation into the project’s Github repository that masks...
PR: CEX.IO Goes into Market Expansion and Adds Zcash to Its Portfolio
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Greek Court Supports Extradition of Former BTC-E Operator Alexander Vinnik
News A Greek court has ruled in favor of extraditing the alleged former operator of BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, to the United States. Vinnik...
A Protocol for Blockchain Adoption for Mainstream Businesses
As crypto visionary Andreas Antonopoulos said of the development of technology trends, “in technology it is often not the best...
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Latest Exec to Flirt with Bitcoin
Finance Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, cozies up to bitcoin, albeit hesitantly. He’s following a global corporate trend. As its...
Goldman Sachs is Considering a Bitcoin Trading Operation, but CEO Retains a Neutral Position on the Cryptocurrency
[the_ad id="7016"]Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs is thinking about launching a new trading operation, geared specifically...
South Korean Crypto Community to Push Back Against ICO Ban
Featured Last week, South Korean regulators said they would ban all initial coin offerings. They are imposing a “prohibition on all forms...
Major South Korean Bitcoin Trading Platform Coinone’s Offline Exchange is Growing in Popularity
On September 11thh, Coinone, South Korea’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange behind Bithumb and Korbit, launched the first offline...
PR: Blockchain Pioneers In Trade Finance ModulTrade Launch Token Pre-Sale To Open Global Trade For Small Enterprises
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An Inside Look at Genesis Block — Hong Kong’s New Cryptocurrency Working-Space
Interview This past August news.Bitcoin.com reported on a ‘mystery miner’ from Hong Kong who helped jump-start the Bitcoin Cash...
Honda Unveils Prototype of Humanoid Robot for Disaster Response
Robots can come in many different shapes and sizes. Moreover, they can be deployed for many different reasons, including offering relief...
Oracle is jumping on board the blockchain bus and could help drive it to the mainstream
Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison Oracle By Becky Peterson Blockchain technology is no longer just for startups. Now even...
The CFTC Unofficially Scrutinizes Coinbase Over Ethereum Flash Crash
Coinbase is an exchange and wallet service provider a lot of users have grown to like over the past few years. At the same time, there are...
Coinbase Under Investigation for Ethereum ‘Flash Crash’
Featured The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating Coinbase for an Ethereum “flash crash” that occurred in June. During...
Large Japanese Energy Supplier Adds Bitcoin Payments With a Discount
Services Remix Point, a Japanese company engaged in a number of energy-related businesses, has recently launched a new electricity service...
Hong Kong Exchange Seeks to Capitalize Upon Chinese Cryptocurrency Crackdown
Markets and Prices Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Tidebit is actively seeking to attract Chinese investors who have been forced from...
PR: Announcing Viewly Pre-ICO, a Decentralized Video Platform
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Government Head of IT Department Fired for Mining Bitcoin Using State-Owned Computers in Crimea
Mining Two government officials of the Crimean Council of Ministers were caught mining bitcoin using government computers and were...
Nigerian Based P2P Bitcoin Exchange Offers Services to All African Nations
Emerging Markets The Nigerian person-to-person (P2P) bitcoin exchange, Bitkoin.Africa, launched on October 1st. The exchange currently...
Ross Ulbricht’s 144,336 Bitcoins – Bitcoin News
Featured Ross Ulbricht attorney, Paul Grant, refers to stipulation of federal government seizure as a “sad day for justice” and a “boon...
Sweden’s Largest Online Stockbroker Avanza Bank Adds Bitcoin Services
Finance This week, Avanza Bank, Sweden’s largest online stockbroker with over 600,000 customers is now providing clients with the ability...
Bitpay Sprints Towards Processing $1B Bitcoin Payments Annually
News The global bitcoin payment service provider, Bitpay, has released a progress report that details the company’s payment volume has...
Boeing Sponsors Global Contest in Search of Consumer-Grade Jetpack Technology
Jetpacks are often considered to be a thing of the future. In fact, we may never see consumer-grade jetpacks in our lifetime. Boeing...
PR: Digital and Crypto Inheritance Service DigiPulse Launches Token Sale
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Will the Federal Reserve Go After Tether?
Over the past few months, we have come across a few reasons to grow weary of the Tether project. After the team created millions of USDT...
Decentralized Exchange “Airswap” Gets Attention in Aftermath of Chinese Crackdown
Fintech After the Chinese crackdown on ICO’s and exchanges, investors are eyeing decentralized platforms to trade bitcoin and other...
Appcoin Law Part 2: The SAFT Solutio
by Marco Santori Marco Santori is a fintech lawyer based in New York City where he leads the blockchain technology team at Cooley LLP. In...
Crypto Finance Platform Wirex To Add Support For Dash
Wirex, a London-headquartered company providing personal banking and financial services to bitcoin users, has announced plans to support...
Switzerland’s FINMA Eyes Crypto Valley
Foto: © Philipp Zinniker Regulation Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA, is invited by the Crypto Valley Association to...
Goldman Sachs Contemplates Creating a New Bitcoin Trading Operation
Finance Sources close to the American multinational finance company, Goldman Sachs, has revealed the firm is looking into creating a new...
Ross Ulbricht Moved to Colorado, will Petition Supreme Court
Featured Officials recently transferred alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to a maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. The...
PR: Eloplay Launches a Token Sale Campaign to Blockchainize its Gaming Platform
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A Few Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Bid Farewell to the Crypto-Community
Regulation This week a few popular Chinese bitcoin exchanges, BTCC, Bitkan, and Viabtc, shut down shop and stopped cryptocurrency trading...
Crypto-Anarchist Cody Wilson Launches 3D Printed M1911 Handgun Software
News In the past bitcoiners could purchase a machine called the “Ghost Gunner 2,” from a Texas company called Defense Distributed (DD) led...
Former Saxo Bank Traders Introduce Covesting – p2p Asset Management Platform for Crypto Market
Team of former Saxo Bank employees lead by Dmitrij Pruglo, professional equity and fx trader, announced the creation of Copy-trading...
Treasures of the Game Industry: How Useless Items Are becoming Priceless
In 2017, the gaming world is expected to generate close to $110 billion in revenue worldwide with 2.3 billion people playing games every...
Jobs and Gigawatts: How To Position Your Solar Company In Light Of The Suniva Trade Case
How should you position your solar company in light of the Suniva/SolarWorld trade case? To address that question, I recently participated...
PR: EA Co-Founder Jeff Burton to Advise BitDegree on a Course to Revolutionize Education with Blockchain
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Facebook Contemplates Using Facial Recognition Technology to Verify User Identities
Any reason to use facial recognition technology will always be scrutinized by privacy advocates. Especially now that Facebook plans to...
Section 201 Solar Trade Case Questions Answered
Matthew Nicely (left) is a lawyer with Hughes Hubbard and Reed representing the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) against...
Community Solar: California’s Shared Renewables at a Crossroads
California, once considered a leader in community solar, has struggled to implement Senate Bill 43 (SB-43), which mandated the creation of...
Coinbase Co-founder Eyes New Zealand Bitcoin Market
Economics Local media has reported that Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, intends to meet with New Zealand financial regulators to...
CBS Insights Fintech 250 Includes 13 Blockchain Companies
The worldwide fintech sector is booming as we speak. More and more startups are trying to compete as a way to gain traction in a specific...
Russian Telecommunications Company has Begun the Process of an ICO
The Russian telecommunications company Rusteleport has begun the process of an ICO for Teleport – its new project. Teleport is an...
Create Anonymous Smart Contracts on the Ethereum Blockchain With Confideal
In the traditional financial industry, it is expensive and inefficient to process international transactions and settle contracts with...
Bitcoin-Fueled Homeless Outreach Wins Appeal Against County Officials
News Last summer, we reported on the charitable outreach, Sean’s Outpost, being threatened with an eviction notice by Pensacola, Florida...
PR: First Company Bought Entirely with Dentacoin
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Russia Proposes Adding Cryptocurrency to the Population’s Financial Literacy Strategy
News The Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed adding cryptocurrency to the country’s financial literacy strategy, which was jointly...
Smart Device Communications in IoT Will Increase the Demand for Data Encryption Provided by the Mysterium Network
IoT, its current uses and the options it will offer in conjunction with blockchain technology. First came the personal computers, which at...
Pundi X Labs Unveils Retail POS For Cryptocurrencies
Isle of Man startup Pundi X Labs is looking to bring cryptocurrencies to brick-and-mortar businesses across Southeast Asia with a new...
Tether Fails to Shake Accusations of Unsavory Conduct Despite Internal Memorandum Release
Altcoins The controversy surrounding Tether continues, despite the company’s release of an “internal memorandum regarding consulting...